Track liner



May 19, 1925.

B. WOLHAUPTER TRACK LINER Filed Dec. 26, 192 s Patented May 19,1925. i if 1,538,775

UNITED STATESYPATENT ornce.

BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE RAIL JOINT GQMPANY, OF YORK, N- Y., A COR-lQRATION OF NEW YO'RK.

TRACK 1211131131 v Application filed December as, 1923. Serial No. 682,769.

T all wh'om it may concern: my invention are'shown in the accompany- Be 1t known that I, BENJAMIN l/VOL- 11'1gdraw1ngs,1n wh1ch: HAUPTER, citizen of the United States, resid- Figure 1 IS a view showing more or less ing at 28 Neptune Ave, New Rochelle, in diagrammaticallythe application of my inthe county of lVestchester and State of vention. I

ew York, have invented certain new and Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but useful Improvements in Track Liners, of showing in dotted lines the adjusted position which the following is a specification. of the track.

his invention relates to track' liners, Figure 3 is a plan view of the track liner adapted for use in relining railroad tracks, plate. and has for its primary object the provision Like reference characters designate c0rof a simple and economical device which responding parts throughout the several figmeets all of the practical requirements of a. ures of the drawings. track liner and is capable of being easily In carrying out the invention the plate or carried about or transported and readily pobase A may be manufactured in various sitioned under the rail. ways, and of different materials such as for When shifting a rail laterally through instance as malleable iron or pressed steel, the medium of a crowbar or other lever, it and because of its: comparatively shallow is necessary in order to obtain the greatest depth it is adapted to be readily positioned efliciency, to provide a fixed fulcrum point on the ballast under a rail. for the lever. It is also desirable to have a One of the features of the plate A. is that series of fixed fulcrum points for the lever it is formed 011 its upper side with a series whereby the lever may be progressively of transversely disposed fulcrumingshoulshifted from one point to another and ders 1 and on its underside with a series of thereby gradually and easily shift the rail transversely disposed anchoring shoulders without lifting. Thus, two essential feaor abutments 2 which present very wide tures are necessary, first a rail engaging and broad surfaces for engaging the ballast. lever, and, second a series of fixed ful- Preferably, but not necessarily, the said cruming points for the lever. fulcruming and anchoring shoulders extend 30 To that end, the invention contemplates entirely across the plate and are arranged in a fulcruming plate or ballast rest of adea longitudinal series and result from corquate area which is adapted for use with a rugations formed in the body of the plate. crowbar or other lever and which will pro- The shoulders are disposed in spaced relavide the essentials above pointed out and tion and each corrugation includes a sub-' 35 reduce to a minimum the labor required stantially vertical wall 3 forming on one for relining the track. face the fulcrum shoulder 1 and on the Another object of the invention is to proother face the anchoring shoulder 2, and an vide a plate which can be cheaply manufaclnclined wall 4. The plate is reversible and tured and which can be readily used with consequently when the plate is reversed from 40 safety from the outside of the track. the position shown in Figure 2, the anchor- A further object of the invention is to ing shoulders 2 constitute the fulcrum shoulprovide a fulcruming plate which is suscepders, and vice versa. The plate when retible embodiment in a form which afversed is not only turned upside down, but, fords a wide range of selection in the fulof course, is turned end to end. One end of cruming point. the plate is formed with a hand opening 5 With these and other objects in view, for use in transporting or positioning the which will more readily appear as the naplate.

ture of the invention is better understood, In operation, the plate is readily posithe same consists in the novel constructioned under the rail from the outside of the tion, combination and arrangement of parts track and if the ballast is high that is, close hereinafter more fully described, illustrated to the rail, it is only necessary to remove a and claimed. portion of the ballast in order to insert the Preferred and practical embodiments of plate because of the fact that the plate is of that the present adapts itself to crow-bars which vary as to the length of their fulcrum ends which engage the fulcrum plate and the rail flange,

that the features and advantages portion and :minor comparatively little depth. By reason of the inclined Walls 4 of the corrugations, the plate can be readily slid over the ballastand into proper position, and when pressure is applied to the plate the anchoring shoulders Will become instantly seated in the ballast. Thus, the plate Will be securely retained against longitudinal movement and consequently the fulcrum shoulders Will remain fixed. After the plate has thus been positioned under the rail a crowbar 6 or other suitable lever or lining bar is fulcrumed against the fulcrum shoulder 1 which is substantially under the outer edge of the rail. The lever 6 upon upward movement thereof will engage the base flange 7 of the rail and inasmuch as the anchoring shoulders'EZ firmly engage the ballast, the fulcrum point will be fixed and consequently the track will be shifted laterally. The'track is shifted laterally by derees, and to this end the lever will be reositioned to engage the fulcrum iSllOUldGl'S of the plate in progression until the track has been shifted the required distance.

From the foregoing it will be apparent invention also lends or and'that condition is accommodated by making the corrugations in the fulcrum plate closer or farther apart assuch conditions may require.

Without further description it is thought of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it Will of course be understood that changes in the form; promay be resorted to, without departing from signature details "of construction series of spaced anchoringshoulders.

4. A transversely corrugated fulcrum plate for trackliners the corrugations extending entirely across the late. and forming on its underside a Series 'nl vspaced anchoring shoulders and on itsupperside-a series of spaced fulcrum shoulders.

5. A reversible corrugated traclrliner plate.

6'. A reversible corrugated track liner plate having-on its upper and lower sides respectively a series of spaced fulcrum shoulders and series of spaced anchoring shoulders,

said shoulders being disposed transversely of the plate and extending acrossthe entire Width thereof.

7. A reversible corrugated track liner plate one Wall of each corrugation being disposed in a substantially vertical plane, one face of each Wall forming a fulcrum shoulder and the other face thereof forming an anchoring shoulder.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affixniy in the presence of two Witnesses. BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER.

Witnesses:

KERSHNER,

EMORY L. Grow. 

